Ezekiel 43:2
Hebrew Bible
1 Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east. 2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water, and the earth radiated his glory. 3 It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down. 4 The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Ezekiel 43:2
Septuagint
1 And he led me to the gate that looks east, and he led me out, 2 and look, the glory of the God of Israel was coming along the road toward the east! And there was a sound of the encampment like a sound of many redoubling sounds, and the land shone like a light from the glory all around. 3 And the vision I saw was similar to the vision I saw when I entered to anoint the city, and the vision of the chariot I saw was similar to the vision I saw near the River Chebar, and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of the Lord entered into the house along the road of the gate facing toward the east.
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Comparing the Masoretic text and LXX Ezekiel 43:2-3, we immediately notice two points at which the LXX vorlage seems to have differed from the Masoretic, as well as what appears to be an expanded translation of midderek haqqadim in verse 2, influenced by verses 1, 4. The translation of verse 2 is also expanded; the purpose seems to be to link this passage with the original merkabah vision which concludes with a reference to he horasis tou phengous kyklothen ... More striking than these variations is LXX's expansion of verse 3 ..."
Halperin, David J.
Merkabah Midrash in the Septuagint
(pp. 351-363) Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 101, No. 3, 1982
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